Researchers at the University of Delaware have transformed discarded corn cobs and other agricultural byproducts into high performance biochar filters that capture both ammonia and tiny plastic ...

In a breakthrough for environmental remediation, researchers at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia have reported the successful use of biochar derived from corn cob for the adsorption of ...

A new innovation being tested at the South Dade Landfill could help Miami-Dade County reduce its growing waste stream as officials search for ways to extend the life of local landfills.

Coffee grounds can be used to filter heavy metals from water. To do this, biochar must be created through heating. A research team from Loughborough University, in collaboration with Banaras Hindu ...

Over many centuries — perhaps millennia — primitive peoples plowed biochar into farm fields, turning poor soil into rich cropland. In fact, it’s such a miraculous soil amendment that 20 years ago ...

‘A Disaster Waiting to Happen’: How the Fracking Boom Put an Oil Field in the Guadalupe River Floodplain A Groundbreaking Geothermal Heating and Cooling Network Saves This Colorado College Money and ...

Biochar -- a charcoal-like substance made primarily from agricultural waste products -- holds promise for removing emerging contaminants such as pharmaceuticals from treated wastewater. That's the ...